Peter Bower
Research Scholar in Environmental Science
Department
Environmental Science
Contact
212-854-3589
pb119@columbia.edu
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Peter M. Bower, research scholar in environmental science, joined the Barnard faculty in 1986 and retired in 2021. He is an environmental conservationist with academic degrees in geology and geochemistry.
Dr. Bower is the developer of the Brownfield Action (BA) curriculum, which has been honored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities as a national SENCER model curriculum. This innovative curriculum includes a network-based, interactive, digital space and simulation, in which student "consulting companies" can explore and solve problems in environmental forensics. This project was developed in conjuction with the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning.
Dr. Bower has also developed and taught courses in environmental law, environmental hazards and disasters, waste management, and Hudson River environment, among others. He is a recipient of Barnard College's Emily Gregory Award for excellence in teaching.
Dr. Bower is a former mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, where he has also served on the City Council, the Planning Board, and the Environmental Commission.
He has also served as acting executive director of the Black Rock Forest Consortium in Cornwall, New York, where he managed and directed the staff and facilities of a 3,785-acre forest and oversaw its research, educational, and conservation activities.
B.S., Yale University
M.A., Queens College/CUNY
M.P.H., Ph.D., Columbia University
Environmental conservation
Curriculum design and development
Geology
Geochemistry
EESC BC3001, Conservation and Preservation
EESC BC1001-1002, Environmental Science I and II
EESC BC3012, Brownfields
EESC BC3013, Shorelines and Streams
EESC BC3014, Field Methods
EESC BC3019, Energy Resources
EESC BC3023, The Hudson River Environment
EESC BC3033, Waste Management
EESC BC3040, Environmental Law
"Simultaneous Measurement of Primary Production by Whole-Lake and Bottle Radiocarbon Additions" (with C. A. Kelly, et al.),Limnology and Oceanography32 (1987)
"Estimates of the Resistance to Chemical Transport Posed by the Deep-Sea Benthic Boundary Layer" (with P. H. Santschi, et al.),Limnology and Oceanography28 (1983)
"Whole-Lake Radiocarbon Addition: The Biogeochemical Cycle of Carbon in the Mixed-Layer" (with C. A. Kelly),Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union63 (1982)
"Gas-Exchange, Photosynthetic Uptake, and Carbon Budget for a Radiocarbon Addition to a Small Enclosure in a Stratified Lake" (with D. McCorkle),Canadian J. Fisheries and Aquatic Science37 (1980)
"Heavy Metals in the Sediments of Foundry Cove, Cold Spring, New York" (with H. J. Simpson, et al.),Environmental Science and Technology12 (1978)
"Transoceanic Alkalinity Profiles in the South Pacific" (with K. K. Turekian and J. Woodburn),Antarctic Research Journal15 (1968)
"Alkalinity and Strontium Profiles in Antarctic Waters" (with K. K. Turekian, et al.),Antarctic Journal(1967)
In The News
Prof. Peter Bower Honored with the First Hal Tryon Stewardship Award
January 28, 2020
Professor Peter Bower’s Simulated World 20 Years Later
Faculty-developed program Brownfield Action gets an upgrade so that environmental science students can continue to solve real-world problems. Two alumnae share their success stories.?
September 3, 2019